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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GLENN C. BUSHNELL, (DF-HARTFORD, OHIO.

DASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,812, dated July 15, 1909.

Application filed December 2, 1901. Serial No. 84,422. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern/:rv A

Be it known that LgGnENNC. BUSHNELL, a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Trumbull and,k

Figure 1 is a perspective vieur from the rear;

showing my invention as applied. Fig; 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 illustrates the frame c in detail.

The invention relates to supplementary dashboards; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of Vdevices'as hereinafter set forth. -V

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter ct designates.theor-y dinary or fixed dashboard of a vehicle, and bv the supplementary dashboard, whichis de-V signed to be placed on the'top of thexed dashboard in muddy weather or when it may be required.

The supplementary dashboard consists of a frame c, of heavy wire or rod metal, which extends transversely along the top, thistransverse portion d having at its ends angular arms d', which extend downward, terminating in the inward right-angle extensions e, Which have upwardly-extending braces f, terminating in hooks g. The frame is covered with light leather, canvas, or other suitable material, this covering 7c extending from the transverse portion d to the level of the top of the xed dashboard or to theangles Z of the side arms d. The angles'Z are obtuse and are in parallel vertical' planes, so that the arms d are parallel to v each other. The right-angle extensions e lie in the same plane and extend from the lower portions of the arms d toward `fixed dashboard, their hook ends g engaging the top of said l fixed' dashboard.

To-secure the supplementary dashboard, the straps m and n are provided, these straps being respectively attached to the terminal brace portionsf ofthe frame. When in position on the fixed dashboard, the ends of these straps are carried' aroundthe sides of the ixed dashboard and are secured together Vat its rear surface by means of a suitable buckle, so that the frame is drawn or strained laterally and is not only secured to the xed dashboard, but has sulcient elasticity to stretch the covering of the supplementary dashboard so that it istant.

`This dashboard attachment is easily placed in position and readily removed andlwhen not in use can be stored on the floor of the vehicle, so as to be out of the way.

-YHaving described this invention, what I claim, Yand desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1s i Y 1. A removable supplementarydashbcard, having the angular elasticvwireframe terminating in angular bracing extensions, the covering, and the fastening-straps connected to the bracing extensions, substantially as specified. A Y

2. The combination with a fixed dashboard, of the removable supplemental dashboard consisting of the wire frame open at one side, its covering, and the securing-strap connected to the end portions of said frame, substantial'ly as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GLENN. o. yn-iisHnarra..

1Witnesses ROBERT T. BROWNLEE," MUNGO BEOWNLEE. 

